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...working on and your long-term objectives, Allen advises. That will ensure that important items on the distant horizon don't fall by the wayside. In Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology, the "weekly review" is the most important element, according to devotees. It's easy to avoid and hard to commit to, but Allen says building it into your routine helps systemize effective planning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Secrets to Getting Things Done | 3/3/2007 | See Source »

...that most would support the left. But in the last few years, Le Pen has consciously tried to broaden his political appeal, in a makeover masterminded by his daughter and political strategist Marine. The younger Le Pen has persuaded her father to tone down his more controversial policies, avoid the inflammatory comments that have earned him court convictions in the past, reach out to minorities prepared to work with the party, and project himself, as Le Pen recently put it, as "a candidate of the center right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter Stage Far Right | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...cast of mostly Americans), lets slip a few bitterly sarcastic words about the general who has ordered the unnecessary raid. But no antiwar playwright could have written the delicate scene in which Stanhope tries to buck up, without shaming, a cowardly officer who is faking illness to avoid battle: "Supposing the worst happened--supposing we were knocked right out. Think of all the chaps who've gone already. It can't be very lonely there--with all those fellows. Sometimes I think it's lonelier here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Back to the Trenches | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

While the major wireless carriers raked in $100 billion last year, the market for phone service aimed at kids ages 8 to 12 is minuscule, with a wireless-market penetration of only about 25%. That's partly by design. "They want to avoid looking like Joe Camel and preying on children," says Roger Entner, a Boston-based wireless analyst with the Ovum research firm. "So they haven't done much more in this area other than create family plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling All Kids | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...something alternative and grew up having to know and explain and justify [homeschooling] to people; everyone always has a question.” She continues, “You learn to be self-reflexive and understand the value of being an individual.”While Ko and Jentoft avoid revealing their homeschooling backgrounds, Norberg finds countless ways to incorporate it as a punchline. For three years he succeeded in fooling the Harvard swimming staff. His online biography stated, not altogether untruthfully, that he was valedictorian of his class and held seven school swimming records. After they realized Norberg...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In a class of their own | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

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